GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |